Starlings (Sturnidae)
Sulawesi Crested Myna (Basilornis celebensis) - HBW 14, p. 711
French: Basilorne des Célèbes
German: Königsatzel
Spanish: Miná de Célebes
Other common names: Sulawesi/Celebes/King Starling, Short-crested/Celebes (Crested)/Sulawesi Myna
Taxonomy: Basilornis celebensis G. R. Gray, 1861, Menado, Makassar, Sulawesi.
May form a superspecies with B. galeatus and B. corythaix. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sulawesi, including islands of Lembeh, Muna and Buton.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds in a leafless tree Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 7 August 2007 5 years ago 21 sec 4 -
A bird on a trunk and flying away Locality Hong Kong Zoo, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2002 6 years ago 18 sec 4 -
A bird in a leafless tree, preening Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 7 August 2007 5 years ago 31 sec 3.5 -
two birds preening on exposed branch Locality Tapakolitang, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (Monotypic species)
Rob Hutchinson 5 September 2011 1 year ago 24 sec 2.8
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captive bred male
Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands
sjef van noije 4 February 2010 3 years ago 4 -
captive bred birds
Locality North Holland Province, Netherlands
sjef van noije 4 February 2010 3 years ago 4 -
captive bred
Locality North Holland Province, Netherlands (ssp basilornis celebensis)
sjef van noije 4 February 2010 3 years ago 4 -
Adult bird.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Tomasz Doroń 4 July 2010 34 weeks ago 3.7 -
Bird perched on a branch in the Rainforest Hall
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Johannes Pfleiderer 17 April 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
captive bred birds
Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands (ssp basilornis galeatus)
sjef van noije 4 February 2010 3 years ago 3
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